| Epiponini | |
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| Polybia sp. and nest | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Vespidae |
| Subfamily: | Polistinae |
| Tribe: | Epiponini |
| Genera | |
| Synonyms | |
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Polybiini | |
The Epiponini (formerly known as Polybiini) are a large and diverse tribe of social wasps inhabiting the Neotropical region, with some species' ranges extending into the Nearctic region.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Noll, Fernando B.; da Silva, Marjorie; Soleman, Raduan A.; Lopes, Rogério B.; Grandinete, Yuri C.; Almeida, Eduardo A. B.; Wenzel, John W.; Carpenter, James M. (August 2021). "Marimbondos: systematics, biogeography, and evolution of social behaviour of neotropical swarm-founding wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Epiponini)". Cladistics. 37 (4): 423–441. doi:10.1111/cla.12446. ISSN 0748-3007. PMID 34478190.